APS
29th APS Annual Convention
Awe in Belief and Explanations: Religion, Science, and Stereotyping
Subject Area: Social
Functional accounts of awe propose that it enhances explanation and cognitive accommodation. Four talks discuss the role of awe in different belief and explanatory systems: religion, science, and stereotypes. Awe is found to be central to spiritual and scientific thinking, but did not reduce stereotyping. Implications for explanation are discussed.
Chairs & Discussants
- Jesse PrestonChair
University of Warwick
Presentations
- Spiritual Experiences Induce Awe in Religious and Non-Religious PeopleFaith Shin
- Awe and Scientific ExplanationPiercarlo Valdesolo
- Awe As a Scientific EmotionSara Gottlieb
- Experimentally Elicited Awe Does Not Reduce Stereotype ApplicationMichelle Shiota
